Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-08
AFFAIRS ATELK POINT.

AFFAIRS kT.ELK POINT.
Prosperous Condition of Unions Coun-
ty seas-Crops and Hay-A Batch OF
Criminals to be Tried ut the Preeent
Term Of Court.
Elk Point, Sept. 9th, 1SS7-Spsoial
Correspondence Press and Dakotaisn-
For the first time In owe q year we
are in Elk Point. We notice many i'm
~provements since our last visit, those
most apparent being the erection OF q
number Of brick business houses. The
citizens have prospered and liz true Da-
kotn style propose to invest their sur
plus cash in improving and identifying
the CITY. Elk Point is q live business
town, drawing trade from q large scope
of country, not the least being from Ne
btaska. The residents are OF the pro-
gressive, go-ahead sort, who do not give
way to misfortunes but bravely fight for
prosperity and plenty.
Crops IN this section are good, as the
numerous grain stacks visible to the
traveller attest. Corn ia better than
ever before known and is now considered
out OF danger of frost. We we're shown
samples which surpass in quality any
we eve saw in the east and which we
are informed will yield from so to 100
bushels to the acre. Farmers are jubi-
liant oser the euooessful summers work
and are preparing TO better their homes,
aud stock their farms. The hay Drop is
immense, she low landa yielding 9
quantity and quality astonishing to
think OF. To one who has seen and
travelled owe the parohed and barren
meadows Of Wisconsin, which the drouth
has rendered valaeless. the productive
ness of Dakota is pleasantly apparent.
Farmers realize the condition OF their
eastern brother farmers and are utili-
zlng every spear of hay. Cutting and
baling are now in order and vast armies
OF men are busily engaged in the work.
| Hay is now worth from three to FIVE
dollars per ton in the stack, which
makes hay land the most profitable on o
farm.
The district court meets tomorrow
and it promises to be o long and inter-
esting term. There are now seven pris-
oners in the county jail against whom
1t is expected that indictments
will be returned by the
grand jury. Through the kindness OF
the district attorney we are able to give
q brief account OF the crimes for which
they are held. The most important case
is the territory vs. Samuel Mitchell, who
is arrested for stabblng and intending to
kill the city marshal of Elk Point.
Mitchell 10 not a dangerous looking char
acter but looks d%issipated. Public feel
ing seems to be for conviction. Peter
Winter, who robbed Geo. Brown some
three weeks ago il Yankton, is closely
confined. as h. is regarded as Every
slick" He is rather small in stature but
has q repr.sive c~ountenanoe. and says he
has no show OF clearing himself. John
Hughes, white, aud Joseph Dodge, col
ored, are both in dursnce vile for burg
larry, and stand q good show to visit
Sioux Falls and play "besr" with Joe
Moulton. theodore Rizer, Frank Phelps
and Cora Phelps were Iowa people and
to evade the prohibition laws crossed
the Big Sioux to the Dakota shore and
there dealt out "the ardent" to q suffer.
ing public, for which they rest in
the Elk Point Jail A conviction is looked
for in sill these cases.
From the way j. W. Ellis handles
himself IN the register of decide Office it
looks as though the public had secured
a man who Is not one whit behind his
predecessors. he is obliging and courte'
Gus, and is continually on the lookout
for the county's best interest.
Ed Ringsrud, of course, holds forth IL
the treasurer's office, which is o guaran,
tee that the financial affairs will be safe
ly guarded,
Prohibition is the theme OF CONVEX
%sation now, and from what We could
learn the aati's have o trile the best o
il. Tu1.